It is well known and documented that there are more individuals who experience depression and others who are at a higher risk of suicide (especially between the ages of 18 and 24) during the holiday season.

Sometimes, good laws produce unjust outcomes. One such case is the statutory ban on publishing the name of the 17-year-old Nova Scotia girl who hanged herself in 2013 after a photo of her alleged sexual assault a couple of years earlier had circulated through her school and online.

You know her name. Almost everyone in Canada does. As one of the lawyers involved in the case said once, the girl achieved “quasi-celebrity status” such that she’s known now by her first name, like Rihanna.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The question from a fan in a Sirius XM interview last year was innocent — what do you think you’d be doing if you didn’t become a comedian? — and within seconds Robin Williams was impersonating physicist Stephen Hawking getting a lap dance at a strip club.

The Jesus flag is not welcome at city hall. Councillors agreed Monday night with a report from city administration to deny a request to fly a flag in support of the annual March for Jesus scheduled for Aug. 22.